Estimation of Abamectin Residues Present in Tea: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Technique

Table 1

Optimization of various extract solvents*.

Spiked levels; 𝜇g g^−1	Tea	Acetonitrile-water (70 : 30, v/v)	Acetone-water; (70 : 30, v/v)	Methanol-water; (70 : 30, v/v)
0.02	Black tea	49.70 ± 3.81	86.40 ± 1.43	57.07 ± 3.51
	Dried green leaves	51.60 ± 3.76	89.03 ± 1.68	57.42 ± 4.48
0.2	Black tea	55.38 ± 4.48	88.22 ± 1.53	66.45 ± 5.24
	Dried green leaves	54.79 ± 3.62	91.04 ± 1.87	67.79 ± 4.41

∗Mean of triplicate analysis ± SD.